®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Foxdene , Wrotham Road South Street, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0QG
Planning appeal 3302634 at Land North of Foxdene , Wrotham Road South Street, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0QG (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 August 2023 by Inspector Catchpole R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the effect of the proposal on its openness and its purposes.
the erection of detached chalet bungalow
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Catchpole R
- Postcode
- DA13 0QG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the effect of the proposal on its openness and its purposes
- whether or not there is any other harm that would result from the proposal with particular regard to countryside character and biodiversity
- whether or not any harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and any other identified harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to Very Special Circumstances
What decided it
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm, comprising inappropriate development, loss of openness, and encroachment into countryside, was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of a single dwelling's contribution to housing supply and the limited sustainability of the location.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriateness and loss of openness, combined with moderate harm to countryside character and potential biodiversity loss, was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight afforded to housing supply contribution and sustainability benefits, such that Very Special Circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS12CS19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 137Paragraph 148Paragraph 60Paragraph 174
- Judgments
- Dartford BC v SSCLG [2017] EWCA Civ 141
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Gravesham
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Allowed15 October 20266007106Blackthorn Farm, Wrotham Road, Culverstone Green, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0QW
- Dismissed1 September 202660056037 Hornfield Cottages, David Street, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0BU
- Dismissed10 June 20266003544Land South of White Post Lane, Cobham, Gravesend, DA13 9AX
- Planning permission granted19 March 20263349903Land North of Brecon Heron Hill Lane, Culverstone, Meopham, DA13 0DT
- Allowed11 March 20266001663Clijon Farm, Whitehill Road, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0NY
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.